All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 9
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Reviews‘The Ordinaries’: Munich Review
Filmmaker Sophie Linnenbaum makes an inventive debut with this political satire set in a parallel cinematic world
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Reviews‘God Is A Beetle’: Munich Review
Felix Hermann explores the complexities of modern religious faith in his committed, cerebral drama
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Reviews‘Mikado’: Transilvania Review
A taut and involving family drama is at the heart of Emanual Parvu’s second feature
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Reviews‘Babysitter’: Transilvania Review
Monia Chokri delivers a relentlessly over the top Quebecois #MeToo-era comedy
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Reviews‘Salam’: Cannes Review
Doc exploring French rap star Diam’s mental health and conversion to Islam is compromised by the involvement of its subject
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Reviews‘Burning Days’: Cannes Review
Emin Alper’s tense Turkish thriller critiquing maschismo is a standout among this year’s films in Un Certain Regard
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Reviews‘The Green Perfume’: Cannes Review
Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lacoste star in Nicolas Pariser’s whimsical comedy adventure
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Reviews‘The Blue Caftan’: Cannes Review
This beautifully textured Moroccan drama is a ’superbly acted and emotionally resonant offering’
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Reviews‘Stars At Noon’: Cannes Review
Margaret Qualley shines in Claire Denis’ elusive Grand Prix-winning thriller set in Nicaragua
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Reviews‘Tori And Lokita’: Cannes Review
The Dardenne brothers’ moving exposé on migrants arriving in Europe is up with their finest
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Reviews‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’: Cannes Review
Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor explore the human body in intimate detail in their immersive documentary
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Reviews‘Irma Vep’: Cannes Review (TV)
Olivier Assayas reworks his own film in this cannily crafted and enjoyable meta investigation of today’s image culture and early cinema
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Reviews‘Triangle Of Sadness’: Cannes Review
Ruben Ostland glosses it up for this Palme D’Or winning satire set aboard a luxury yacht
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Reviews‘Sons Of Ramses’: Cannes Review
Clément Cogitore paints both an authentic community portrait and a serious, moody take on the Parisian crime drama
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Reviews‘Harkis’: Cannes Review
A sensitive portrait of Algerian soldiers who fought with the French army in their country’s war for independence
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Reviews‘EO’: Cannes Review
At 84, Jerzy Skolimowski continues his career resurgence: his life story of a donkey ‘sizzles with strangeness’
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Reviews‘The Woodcutter Story’: Cannes Review
Mikko Myllylahti’s debut feature is an unpredictable Nordic oddity that plays in a familiar key of muted, comic surrealism
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Reviews‘Rodeo’: Cannes Review
Lola Quivoron’s full mileage motocross movie proves she is a director with potential to burn
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Reviews‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’: Cannes Review
Alena Mikhailova gives an intense lead performance in Kirill Serebrennikov’s ’brooding prestige monument’
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Reviews‘How To Save A Dead Friend’: Visions du Reel Review
A fearsomely candid and moving documentary about being young and rebellious in Putin’s Russia